With Thank You for Today, Ben Gibbard moves Death Cab for Cutie into a new phase, one that reflects his newly minted middle age and one without Chris Walla. It's a new beginning, but one that announces itself with a whisper. Thank You for Today simmers in a fashion that's not unfamiliar to Death Cab, but there's a definition to the composition and production of its ten songs that keeps the album far from the reaches of mood music. Make no mistake, Thank You for Today still casts a specific spell -- one that's supple yet subtle, music that feels as cozy as a warm bath yet has a quiet urgency derived from Gibbard taking stock of how the world has changed around him. Gibbard doesn't shy away from all of the issues familiar to a modern American urbanite, musing about gentrification and loves old and new, all from a vantage point of somebody who is comfortable about where he's at but knows what's been lost. This results in an album where the melancholy is bittersweet, not all-consuming, which means Thank You for Today is softly reassuring even when its intent is lightly barbed.
Death Cab for Cutie
Thank You for Today
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:04 | ||||
| 2 | 4:28 | ||||
| 3 | 4:00 | ||||
| 4 | 3:18 | ||||
| 5 | 3:49 | ||||
| 6 | 4:18 | ||||
| 7 | 3:56 | ||||
| 8 | 3:49 | ||||
| 9 | 3:41 | ||||
| 10 | 4:07 |
